Late red zone woes seal Virginia football team's fate in road loss to NC State

×RALEIGH, N.C. — Virginia had turned to running back J’Mari Taylor repeatedly when it needed a yard on Saturday afternoon, and over and over again, he came through.

So why not, once more inside the red zone on fourth-and-1 with the game on the line?

He’d been so steady, so shifty and hard to tackle. He had only proven trustworthy.

This time, though, N.C. State’s defense delivered a swarming stop of Taylor when the Cavaliers called a toss right for their ball-carrier, and that stand — the first of two with the Hoos knocking on the doorstep of going ahead for good in the last seven minutes — helped secure a 35-31 victory for the Wolfpack at Carter-Finley Stadium to take the non-conference bout between two ACC members.

Wolfpack defensive end Cian Slone’s interception in end zone on Cavali